President Beck Quotes in Deep Impact (1998)

President Beck: We always thought the deadline for public knowledge was the publication of next year's budget since we've spent more money than we can account for. That won't happen for two weeks. I don't suppose I could prevail upon you to wait two weeks in the name of national security?

Jenny Lerner: Two weeks? There's no such thing as two weeks in the news business.

[last lines]

President Beck: We watched as the bombs shattered the second comet into a million pieces of ice and rock that burned harmlessly in our atmosphere and lit up the sky for an hour. Still, we were left with the devastation of the first. The waters reached as far inland as the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. It washed away farms and towns, forests and skyscrapers. But, the water receded. The wave hit Europe and Africa too. Millions were lost, and countless more left homeless. But the waters receded. Cities fall, but they are rebuilt. And heroes die, but they are remembered. We honor them with every brick we lay, with every field we sow, With every child we comfort, and then teach to rejoice in what we have been re-given. Our planet. Our home. So now, let us begin.

President Beck: Life will go on, we will prevail.

[President Beck & Jenny are discussing the upcoming news conference about the comet]

Jenny Lerner: I want exclusivity.

President Beck: Now listen, young lady. This is a presidential favour. I'm letting you go because I don't want another headache. And I'm trusting you because I know what this can do for your career. Now, it may seem like we have each other over the same barrel but it just seems that way.

Jenny Lerner: I want...

President Beck: You want?

Jenny Lerner: May I... May I have the first question?

President Beck: I'll see you Tuesday, Miss Lerner.